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It is fair to say that the upcoming match
versus against Bangaladesh is probably the least of Dhoni’s worries. But as true cricket fans, let us focus on the
cricket – shall we. We will have lots of
times to read about BCCI and Supreme Court and CSK and RR in the days to
come. Not that those things are not
important – they most certainly are. But
the reason why we love this game is to follow what happens IN the field of
play, not OUTside.

Here are the things that team India have to
think about –

Yuvaraj Singh: Do we give him one more
go. We have given him 2 chances and he
has failed miserably. What is more
troubling is the kind of cricket he has tried to play. He has been defensive and week – not the
Yuvaraj we love. I am going to venture
and say he will get another outing today.
And this will be his last chance to prove he still deserves to play for India.

Opening batsmen: Both Indian batsmen, surprisingly, are looking
very shaky.Shikhar wants to hit is way
out of trouble (not working) and Rohit wants to bat his way out of trouble
(with some success).A strong opening
pair is critical, especially when we chase down big scores.Ajinkya Rahane playing in place of Rohit or
Shikhar is not out of the question.But
again, India will stick to Rohit and Shikhar for this game – I think.

Bat first and defend: The last two matches were won by our
brilliant bowling – no question about that.But our bowling is our weakness.It will be interesting to see how our bowlers perform under
pressure.So it might not be a bad idea to bat first
today (if we win the toss) and see how it goes.But given that it is a 7 pm game and with dew expected to play a role,
bowling second will be that much more tougher.So I suspect that the team
winning the toss will look to bowl first.

Bench:
We have some very talented bunch in the bench – Ajinkya Rahane, Stuart
Binny, Varun Aaron, Mohit Sharma.It
might be worthwhile giving them a try – to know how good our bench really
is.But unless there is an injury, I do
not see Dhoni changing the playing XI for this match. He will want to win this match and ensure
that we confirm our spot in the semi-finals.

And finally, how will India approach this game
mentally. Will all the action outside
the field affect Team India. Let us wait
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